Basically we recently have had some problems with council tax bills being sent to our address with another persons name on.

Me and my partners bills came separately and we paid up do date on our own, but continually phoned the council to try and get this person off our address. They had added them selves to our address while we were living here ( and we were the first people to live in this property , so no chance of ex tenants trying to pull one over) .

Needless to say the council didnt take her off the list , although we continually phoned explaining the situation.

We received a court summons for this person and phoned again.

We thought it had sorted itself out,
then we received a bayliffs notice for her. I got very upset by this and me and my partner went down to the council tax building once and for all to sort it out.

Fortunately they understood the situation and were sure they could track down the scammer via a paper trail of previous addresses.



I was just wondering if anyone else had been victims of people trying to skip their council tax by adding themselves to different addresses, trying to outwit the government ( which doesnt happen , someone has to pay in the end) .

I'd ask experian for your credit record now too. You have no idea what else they've been using your address for.

Good point about experian.